GT4EC - The GT-Four Enthusiasts Club
General Category => The Chill Out Room => Topic started by: Redbeast on February 04, 2008, 08:34:29 pm
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lifted from the subaru forums earlier...
Rumor: Next Celica to be made by Subaru
04.02.08 06:35
( Motor Authority )- Back in November Toyota’s German Chief Markus Schrick confirmed Toyota was working on several new sports cars including a replacement for the Celica, and now Japanese magazines are claiming the new model will arrive as early as next year. The new car is said to be the joint-effort of a collaboration between Toyota and Subaru and it will reportedly be offered in two different variants, a cheaper GT model and a high-performance AWD GT-Four.
The two carmakers have been sharing production facilities and swapping engineers ever since Toyota bought a stake in Subaru early last year and these new sports cars are likely to be the first to be spawned from the partnership. The cheaper GT version is supposed to have a target price of under $20,000, Japan’s Best Car reports, which agree with earlier reports claiming Toyota was working on an affordable successor to the 1980’s AE86. The GT will feature a conventional front-engine RWD layout and will be powered by a naturally aspirated 2.0L Subaru four-cylinder boxer engine.
The more expensive GT-Four, meanwhile, will come with AWD as standard and get the same 300hp turbo four as the Japanese spec Subaru Impreza STI. According to the source, the engine in this car will be positioned closer to the firewall to help improve handling and it could also feature in-wheel electric motors to help traction.
Both cars will come in coupe and three-door hatch bodystyles and will be sourced from Subaru’s Gunma plant in Japan. No five-door hatch
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good to hear the gt4 maybe back but didn't you know toyota own the biggest share in subaru the last 2years, hence the reason a few of the subaru's have a very lexus look about them
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Great news that the four is coming back even if it a bit Scoobie :o
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nope - i thought GM owned subaru.
and i didnt really think soobs looked like lexus at all!
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toyota own a share in subaru, not gm
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so i hear! should lead to some decent stuff hopefully - i mean decent subarus if nothing else!
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God help us, prepare for chocolate pistons and gearboxes and bloody aweful styling - might increase the value of the older models with any luck!
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one of our appretices heard at the toyota academy that toyota was thinking on re-badging the new impreza up as a toyota :o
how true that is remains to be seen though.
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Probably all just scaremongering TBH, they'll probably start sharing parts but the next most likely outcome is scooby poo being eaten up by toyota as their "performance" brand.
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the new legacy and a few other scoobies have resemblances to a few Lexus' and i haen't been the 1st to notice that
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Resemblences dont really mean much though, other than they are trying to copy popular styling.
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well at least if they only copy popular styling there won't be a Toyota Impreza!